Lafayette Police Officer Dan Sells, left, agreed to a 10-day suspension for his behavior during an investigation. ...more

Lafayette Police Officer Dan Sells, left, agreed to a 10-day suspension for his behavior during an investigation. The Lafayette Police Merit Commission accepted an agreed settlement to the discipline against Sells.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette police Officer Daniel Sells is serving a 10-day suspension for inappropriate texting with a domestic battery victim, according to the Lafayette police response to a Journal & Courier freedom of information request.

Sells, who had been an evidence technician, investigated a domestic battery call on Feb. 28. As part of that investigation, he interviewed the victim and took photographs of the victim and the crime scene, according to the police.